Weapon Manufacture and Authority on the Frontier of Late and Post-Roman Italy

Eastern Lake Como and the Insula Comacina
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-485-5969-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Italy in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

This monograph presents a microstudy of a crucially important and profoundly revealing location: the territory around the modern city of Lecco, which lies on the eastern branch of Lake Como, in Lombardy (northern Italy). Contrary to ‘traditional’ reconstructions that present eastern Lake Como as a marginal region, where no important events took place in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, this book demonstrates that the area functioned as a key point of connection across the Roman Empire (the Rhine–Danube limes) and continued to function long after the political collapse of the Empire in the West. Furthermore, the region was the location of what can only be described as a state arms factory for the Roman Empire, the importance of which only began to fade in the eleventh century. This book represents the culmination of a comprehensive reconsideration of the historical sources and available archaeological evidence, offering a new framework for analysis and insights into the transformations that took place from the late Empire into the Middle Ages.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carminati, Fabio

Mariani, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, Maps and images credits, Maps, Tables, and Images, Abbreviations, Introduction and Methodology, 1. A widespread system for production and defence, 2. Eastern Lake Como. Physical geography, 3. Sources, 4. The Insula and the Fabrica, 5. Eastern Lake Como. A new framework, 6. Conclusions. Scientific studies and outreach activity, Index of People, Index of Places, Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Fabio Carminati (1966), M.Sc. in Political Economy at Università Bocconi of Milan. He is involved in protection and enhancement of cultural heritage, collaborating with non-profit organizations. As an independent researcher, he has published several papers focused on the Lecco area. Andrea Mariani (1979), PhD, is a researcher at CITCEM-UP and member of different international associations. His research activity and publications, characterized by a multidisciplinary approach, focus on North of Italy and Portugal, mainly on medieval defensive elements networks, social and spatial organization.